>>7175672
This is true.
But Touhou has split Shinigami into the two roles of Greek mythology, basically. Thanatos and Charon. Thanatos takes the soul from the living world, Charon takes them to the unliving world. In Touhou, Shinigami serve both purposes, but Komachi implies it's forbidden for one to perform both (ferryman cannot reap souls).
It's not that a Shinigami kills you, but takes you when it's your time to die. They're much less grim than the grim reaper in that respect.
Although most representations of Death work like that anyway, it's always somber to have the cloaked skeleton show up, while Shinigami are supposed to be the one that prevents your soul from tarnishing and rotting in the mortal world where it doesn't belong.